Ruby El Hult papers - Archives West

Ruby El Hult papers, 1860-2008

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Hult, Ruby El, 1912-2008

Title

Ruby El Hult papers

Dates

1860-2008 (inclusive)

Quantity

27.73 cubic feet (30 boxes, 4 folders, 2 maps tubes, 16 VHS tapes, 4 film reels, 1 floppy disk)

Collection Number

0376

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, writings, diaries, research files, clippings, ephemera, photographs, film reels, sound cassette, videocassettes, map of a historian of the Northwest

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

Open to all users, but access to portions of the records restricted. Contact repository for details.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Languages

English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Ruby El Hult was a prolific writer of Pacific Northwest history. Her works cover topics such as railroads, conservation, forest fires, steamboats, and the Olympic Mountains. Ruby El Hult was born in Belgrove, Idaho in 1912. She graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane in 1932, and Northwestern Business College two years later. She took writing classes at the University of Washington during 1945-46. After holding various secretarial positions between 1942 and 1949, she served as assistant editor of the Washington State Journal of Nursing in Seattle from 1949 to 1952. During this time, she completed a number of short stories for writing classes she took between 1924 and 1953.

In the early 1950s, Hult began a freelancing writing career that continued for decades, publishing articles and opinion pieces concerning Pacific Northwest historical and conservation issues. She also began to publish a number of books on the Pacific Northwest, beginning with Steamboats in the Timber in 1952 (a second edition was published in 1968). That was followed by Untamed Olympics in 1954 (a second edition was published in 1971), and Lost Mines and Treasures of the Pacific Northwest in 1957. A sequel to that book, Treasure Hunting Northwest, was published in 1971. In 1960, both Northwest Disaster: Avalanche and Fire and Guns of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (an expanded version of the June 6, 1955 article in Guns Magazine, "The Arms that Won an Empire") were published. The second edition of her book, Herb Crisler in the Olympic Mountain Wilds (originally published in 1977), was published in 1992. Her last book, An Olympic Mountain Enchantment, was published in 1989. She donated the majority of her original manuscripts, notes, photos, and correspondence to the UW and WSU libraries after 1959, and her manuscript collection remains one of the more popular at WSU. According to Trevor Bond, head of the Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections section at WSU, "She worked on areas that are still of enduring interest. This is one of those research collections that is attractive to the general public."

During this time, Hult maintained ties with a small group of Pacific Northwest women writers, historians and book lovers, some of whom she had met in the late 1930s. Up through 1980s and 1990s, Hult regularly corresponded with these women, who were both friends and professional colleagues. These included Hazel Corbeill, Eleanor Garst, Martha Livingston and Elizabeth Marion Saunders. In 1980, Hult and Saunders published their correspondence over the years in a compendium called The Cockalorum Chronicles: New Words Between Old Friends: Correspondence of Elizabeth Marion Saunders and Ruby El Hult.

Ruby El Hult was married first to S. John Sether, who died in 1959. She married her second husband, Raymond L. McAndrew, in 1961. He died in 1978. Ruby died in 2008 at the age of 95.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, manuscripts, writings, diaries, research files, clippings, ephemera, photographs, film reels, sound cassettes, videocassettes, maps.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Some restrictions exist on copying, quotation or publication. Contact Repository for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 9 accessions.

Accession No. 0376-001, Ruby El Hult papers, 1950
Accession No. 0376-002, Ruby El Hult papers, 1860-2001
Accession No. 0376-003, Ruby El Hult papers, 1893-2001
Accession No. 0376-004, Gift from Wilderness; a memoir by Lois Crisler, Ruby El Hult papers, 1999
Accession No. 0376-005, Ruby El Hult papers, 1910-2003
Accession No. 0376-006, Ruby El Hult papers, 1949-2008
Accession No. 0376-007, Ruby El Hult papers, 1921-2005
Accession No. 3092-001, Ruby El Hult papers, 1966-1977
Accession No. 3092-002, Ruby El Hult papers, 1976

Acquisition Information

Received from Ruby El Hult, August 7, 1973, June 22, 1999, April 15, 2002, October 31, 2002, and December 13, 2004. Additional materials were received from Robert Monroe, July 15, 1980, Hazel Chapman, March 30, 1982, and James and Helen McGough, July 26, 2022.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 0376-001: Ruby El Hult papers, 1950Return to Top

0.03 cubic ft. (1 folder)

Scope and Content: Manuscript of article, "Why I hate Dick Poston," 1950.

Acquisition Info: Received from Ruby El Hult, August 7, 1973.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Accession No. 0376-002: Ruby El Hult papers, 1860-2001Return to Top

1.17 cubic ft. (1 box, 1 map tube)

Scope and Content: Research notes, writings, general correspondence, especially with Robert L. Wood; 1860-2001 (bulk ca. 1989-1994).

Materials relate primarily to projected publications about George Welch, an early hiker in the Olympic Mountains, and James C. ("Grizzly") Adams, animal menagerie owner and partner of P.T. Barnum.

Acquisition Info: Received from Ruby El Hult, April 15, 2002.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Series 1: J.C. Adams Research Materials	1958-1998
Box/Folder	Accession
1	0376-002	Adams - East - Info 1	1962-1966
1	0376-002	Adams - West - Info 2	1958-1966
1	0376-002	Adams - MS - San Francisco	1965-1998
1	0376-002	Adams Materials and Information	1953-1970
1	0376-002	Microfilm - The Life of J.C. Adams	1860
1	0376-002	Notebooks - Adams Scope and Content: San Francisco, General, 1849	1964-1966
Tube 1	0376-002	Grizzly Adams Scope and Content: Negative photostats, Wild Sports in the West, J.C. Adams, N.Y. Weekly, List included	undated
		Series 2: George Welch Research Materials	1950-2001
Box/Folder	Accession
1	0376-002	Album Copy - Welch	1989-1994
1	0376-002	Photos - Beaver Lake Site	2001
1	0376-002	Correspondence Regarding George Welch	1987-2000
1	0376-002	Welch	1950-1995
1	0376-002	Welch Research	1987-1995
1	0376-002	Welch - Up the Dosie	1987
		Series 3: Bob Wood Correspondence	1989-1996
Box/Folder	Accession
1	0376-002	Correspondence	1989-1996
1	0376-002	Jeffers - Wood	1989
1	0376-002	Wood - Jeffers GL	1990
1	0376-002	Miscellaneous	1989-1990

Accession No. 0376-003: Ruby El Hult papers, 1893-2001Return to Top

6.00 cubic ft. (6 boxes)

Scope and Content: Writings, letters, ephemera, clippings, photos, videotapes and other materials, relating mostly to Hult's writing about Lois and Herb Crisler and their relationship with the Olympic Mountains; ca. 1893-2001. Includes original writings by Lois Crisler. Photos include images of the Crislers by E. Kassovitz.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from Ruby El Hult, October 31, 2002.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Series 1: Lois Crisler's Writings, Ruby's Edits	1930-1999
Box/Folder	Accession
1	0376-003	Articles - Written at Humes Ranch by Lois Crisler	1940s
1	0376-003	The World of the Olympics by Lois Crisler	1930-1994
1	0376-003	Web of Wilderness by Lois Crisler, written at Humes Ranch	undated
1	0376-003	The Wilderness is Our Home by Lois Crisler, Humes Ranch, ONP	1940s
1	0376-003	Christmas at Humes Ranch, Old Version, by Lois Crisler, Albertson Box	1941
1	0376-003	Humes Ranch, Old Version, Type Script	1942
1	0376-003	Hurricane Ridge, Tentative Version	undated
1	0376-003	Humes Ranch, Old Version, Handwritten and Typescript	1940s
1	0376-003	The High Country by Lois Crisler	1990
1	0376-003	The Ga'den	1989-1991
1	0376-003	Humes Ranch Misc. Papers	1943-1946
1	0376-003	Humes Ranch First Spring Typescript and Handwritten	1988-1990
1	0376-003	Ruby's Type Copies - Hurricane	1988
1	0376-003	Ruby's Editing - Hurricane	1989
1	0376-003	Original Script Ch. 1 - The Blue-Eyed Stranger	1986
1	0376-003	Original Script Ch. 2 - Courtship	1991-1994
1	0376-003	Original Script Ch. 3 - Jump Off E.W.	undated
1	0376-003	Albertson Contract	1949
1	0376-003	Crisler Birds	1953-1988
1	0376-003	Lois Crisler Notebooks, Denver Library	1949-1950
1	0376-003	Lois' Letters	1942
1	0376-003	Original Type Script, Humes Ranch	1942
1	0376-003	The Mountain Chariot by Lois Crisler with the Trail Riders	1944
1	0376-003	Old Versions Garden	undated
1	0376-003	Old Hand Script, Humes Ranch	1941-1942
1	0376-003	Elk and Mountains, Long Hand Script	undated
1	0376-003	Notebooks and Notes	1941-1951
1	0376-003	Billy Everett, Accounts Written, Humes Ranch	1940s
1	0376-003	Humes, Ludden, and Billy	1944-1989
1	0376-003	Hurricane Notes, Notebooks, Etc.	1942-1943
1	0376-003	Hurricane Notes and Addendums	undated
1	0376-003	Crag Cabin	1963
1	0376-003	The Elwa Wilderness by Lois Crisler	1994-1999
1	0376-003	Chapters from Crisler's Books	1989-1999
1	0376-003	Chapters from Crisler's Books	1990-1992
		Series 2: Herb Crisler Research Materials and Correspondence	1893-1996
Box/Folder	Accession
2	0376-003	Top of Mountain, including photographs	1972-1975
2	0376-003	Crisler - Friends, Ventura, CA	1970s
2	0376-003	Ventura, CA - Herb Crisler	1975-1980
2	0376-003	Bob Crisler	1977-1978
2	0376-003	Lists - UW, Lois Crisler, Bichorn Columns	1973-1983
2	0376-003	Scrapbook	1973-1985
2	0376-003	The World of the Olympics by Lois Crisler, Copy Ruby El Hult	1990
2	0376-003	Photographs - Ruby El Hult	1988-1989
2	0376-003	Photos Impressions	undated
2	0376-003	H. Crisler - Extra	undated
2	0376-003	Photos - Herb Crisler in the South	1893-1918
2	0376-003	Olympic Peninsula Gift Certificates	1996
2	0376-003	Herb Crisler's 1930 Survival Trip Through the Olympic Mountain Wilderness	1930
2	0376-003	Econiums - Humes Ranch Book	1989-1990
2	0376-003	Friends of Crisler Olympics	1978-1985
2	0376-003	Herb Crisler collection	1920s
2	0376-003	Herb Crisler collection	1923
2	0376-003	Herb Crisler collection	1930
2	0376-003	Ludden Photographs	1949
2	0376-003	H. Crisler Publicity	1930
2	0376-003	Herb Crisler Survival Trip	1930
2	0376-003	Information, Letters about Misc. trips	1930
2	0376-003	Alone in the Wilderness: Adventures of Herb Crisler by Muriel Crisler	1930
2	0376-003	Caldwell version	1930
2	0376-003	Herb Crisler collection	1933-1939
2	0376-003	Herb Crisler collection, Jail	1932
2	0376-003	Photographs	1930
2	0376-003	Genealogy of Crisler Family	1991
2	0376-003	Herb Crisler	1940-1941
2	0376-003	Photographs - Humes R. - 1 A	1942-1949
2	0376-003	Herb Crisler collection	1940-1941
2	0376-003	Photographs	1941-1949
2	0376-003	Photographs - Humes R. - 2	1940s
2	0376-003	Herb Crisler, Sketches by Ruby El Hult	1972
2	0376-003	Crisler Publicity	1940s
2	0376-003	Photographs and Clippings - Humes R. - 3	1952, undated
2	0376-003	Large Prints - Collection of Herb Crisler, Humes Ranch, Olympic National Park	1941-1951
2	0376-003	Hurricane Photos	1942-1943
2	0376-003	Hurricane Ridge	1942-1943
2	0376-003	Cream Lake trip with Billy Everett	1947
3	0376-003	Photographs	1957-1978
3	0376-003	Alaska - Herb Crisler, Hult collection	1972-1998
3	0376-003	Special Crisler Pictures	1951-1987
3	0376-003	Cards and Photos	1978-1981
3	0376-003	Bighorn Book	1980
3	0376-003	Crisler, Social Security, VA and VT	1980-1983
3	0376-003	Account, "Instant Book" - Herb Crisler in the Olympic Mountain Wilds by Ruby El Hult	1977
3	0376-003	Crisler's Songs, Poems, Misc. Writings	1964-1978
3	0376-003	McQuade Correspondence, Don and Amy	1965-1976
3	0376-003	McQuade Her Crisler file	1977
3	0376-003	Don McQuade and his Irrevocable Agreement	1971
3	0376-003	Don McQuade - Misc.	1960s-1977
3	0376-003	Don McQuade	1986
3	0376-003	Herb Crisler, Auburn-Puyallup	1980-1985
3	0376-003	Crisler collection - UW, Denver, Conservation Library and Hult	1972-1986
3	0376-003	Island of Rivers, Ruby El Hult	1988
3	0376-003	Herb Crisler, Georgia Trip	June 1977
3	0376-003	Wolf Material, Washington State	1979-1983
3	0376-003	Crisler - From Phanoy Engels	1930s
3	0376-003	Crisler - Relatives, Ventura, CA	1975-1980
3	0376-003	Lucas Jones	1988
3	0376-003	Al Crisler	1914-1992
3	0376-003	Shaw (Roth), Carolyn and John	1981-1993
3	0376-003	Carolyn Roth	1973-1981
3	0376-003	Jim Casey, Here We Go Again! Herb Crisler Biography	1982-1985
3	0376-003	Crisler Family Pictures	1943-1995
3	0376-003	Herb Crisler - Biography Manuscript, by Ruby El Hult	1963
3	0376-003	Crisler in Alaska	1952-1954
3	0376-003	Crisler - General Correspondence	1976-1987
3	0376-003	Marriage of Herb Crisler to Ethel Jane Crisler	1965-1973
3	0376-003	Crisler Collection - Colorado General	1971-1974
3	0376-003	Alaska Pt. Barrow Photos	undated
3	0376-003	Crisler - Cyclone	1988
3	0376-003	Walter and Dorothy Hirt, Crisler Friends	1984-1992
3	0376-003	Top of Mountain	1960s
3	0376-003	Herb Crisler - Crag Cabin, Colorado	1951-1963
4	0376-003	Binder - Collection of Herb Crisler, mainly material saved by Muriel Crisler	1930
4	0376-003	Kassowitz, Portraits of Lois and Herb Crisler, Humes Ranch	1949
4	0376-003	Sue Hendry, Photos	1969, 1995
4	0376-003	Hazle (Chappy) Chapman: Negatives, prints, correspondence	1988-1991
4	0376-003	O. Mtn. - 1, Photos	1940s
4	0376-003	Herb Crisler's Script	1963-1965
4	0376-003	O. Mtn. - 2	1942-1995
4	0376-003	Herb Crisler collection	1966-1992
4	0376-003	Humes R = Later	1980-1991
4	0376-003	Sketch - Humes Ranch, later Crisler years	1949-1950
4	0376-003	Ski - Blue GL	1944-1993
4	0376-003	Crisler - McQuade Exp.	1973
4	0376-003	Trail Rider	1994, 1991
4	0376-003	What happened to Crisler structures?	1974-1988
4	0376-003	"My View of the Olympic Mountains," Speech by Ruby El Hult	1971
4	0376-003	Death of Herb Crisler	1985
4	0376-003	Photos on Hurricane Ridge	1943
4	0376-003	Writings	undated
4	0376-003	Page Proofs - Humes Ranch Book	January 1989
4	0376-003	Herb Crisler films, correspondence	1986-1989
4	0376-003	ONP - Crisler film	1988-1989
4	0376-003	Writings and Clippings	1977, undated
		Series 3: Russ Dalton and Paul Marriott Research Materials and Correspondence	1977-2001
Box/Folder	Accession
5	0376-003	Correspondence with Russ Dalton	1977-2001
5	0376-003	Correspondence with Robert R. Marriott	1986-1993
5	0376-003	Photos of Marriott	1987-1991
5	0376-003	Letters from Paul Marriott	2000-2001
		Series 4: Films and Videotape (VHS)	1935-1996
Box/Folder	Accession
6	0376-003	"Our Pioneer Life:" Trail riders, motorized with high count, sol duc, blooming mts, photography in mtns, Billy Everett, end: good snippets	undated
6	0376-003	"Olympic Elk" - Walt Disney, "White Wilderness" - Walt Disney, "Exploration Northwest" - 2 Part TV Show	1973
6	0376-003	Herb Crisler, Photographer: Wolf films and Colorado wildflowers, Southern trip	undated
6	0376-003	Beyond the Trails, Bird Cut-Outs, Photography by Herb Crisler	1938-1942
6	0376-003	"The Olympics," Herb Crisler	1935-1947
6	0376-003	Herb Crisler film - Elk herds high Olympic Mts WA, Part II	Fall 1950
6	0376-003	KOMO Interview, Herb Crisler and Don McQuade	1966
6	0376-003	Summertime and Wildlife in the Olympic National Park, Photographer by Herb Crisler, Humes Ranch	1940s
6	0376-003	Herb Crisler, Photographer - Elk herds in high Olympic Mountains, WA	Fall 1950
6	0376-003	Butterfly time in Ventura (duplicate)	undated
6	0376-003	Ventura	undated
6	0376-003	Surfing	undated
6	0376-003	Unlabeled	undated
6	0376-003	Okeefenokee Swamp, Georgia, Photographer: Herb Crisler	June 1977
6	0376-003	Hike to Dodger Point, Olympic National Park - Marriott	July 24, 1996-July 30, 1996
6	0376-003	The Bailey Range Expedition - Marriott, Matheson, Redding	August 1988

Accession No. 0376-004: Gift from Wilderness; a memoir by Lois Crisler, Ruby El Hult papers, 1999Return to Top

0.03 cubic ft. (1 folder)

Scope and Content: Typescript of autobiographical writings of Lois Crisler, edited in the 1990s by Ruby El Hult and Russ Dalton for possible publication; 1999.

Acquisition Info: Received from Ruby El Hult, June 22, 1999.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Accession No. 0376-005: Ruby El Hult papers, 1910-2003Return to Top

14.17 cubic ft. (14 boxes, 1 map tube)

Scope and Content: Diaries, correspondence, research files, photographs, scrapbooks, film reels, maps.

Research files include correspondence, manuscripts, writings, clippings, monographs, photographs, and related materials collected during research on various topics for publications, including Herb Crisler, the Northern Pacific Railroad, Great Northern Railroad, Wellington Disaster, and The Bird Machine.

Acquisition Info: Received from Ruby El Hult, December 13, 2004.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Series 1: Diaries and Journals	1958-1999
Box	Accession
1	0376-005	Journal – John and Ruby	1958-1959
1	0376-005	Diaries 3 volumes	1959-1963
1	0376-005	Journal – "A Well-Barked Log"	1967
1	0376-005	Diaries 5 volumes	1969-1971
1	0376-005	Diary – "Top of the Mountain"	1971
1	0376-005	Diaries 3 volumes	1972-1974
1	0376-005	Diary – "Ten Days in Heaven"	1974
1	0376-005	Diaries 3 volumes	1977-1980
1	0376-005	Diary – "Birds and Other Live 'Uns"	1980
1	0376-005	Diary – "Starlings"	1980
1	0376-005	Diary – "Nature"	1981
1	0376-005	Diaries 4 volumes	1981-1985
2	0376-005	Diaries 13 volumes	1986-1999
		Series 2: Letters and Correspondence	1937-2003
Box	Accession
2	0376-005	Old Nick	1937-1941
2	0376-005	"Lois to Adora Crisler"	1941-1947
2	0376-005	Herb Crisler	1949-1971
2	0376-005	Crisler/Roth	1955-1962
2	0376-005	John Sether/Friends	1956-1958
2	0376-005	Ruby and Mac	1964
2	0376-005	Misc.	1964-1966
2	0376-005	UW Libraries/Monroe	1965-1999
2	0376-005	Misc.	1967
2	0376-005	John D. McGough	1967-1969
2	0376-005	Santa Barbara	1968
2	0376-005	Misc.	1969
3	0376-005	To & From Friends	1970
3	0376-005	September to Remember	1971
3	0376-005	To Friends	1971
3	0376-005	Misc.	1970-1971
3	0376-005	To Hazel	1971
3	0376-005	Misc. 5 folders	1971-1972
3	0376-005	Doris	1973
3	0376-005	Misc. 6 folders	1973-1974
3	0376-005	"Russ Smith"	1975-1989
3	0376-005	Misc. 6 folders	1975-1980
4	0376-005	Misc. 5 folders	1980-1984
4	0376-005	Margaret Livingston	1984-1991
4	0376-005	Misc. 2 folders	1986
4	0376-005	"Herb Crisler Films the Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep"	1986
4	0376-005	Misc.	1987
4	0376-005	Bob Marriot	1994-1999
4	0376-005	Dawn	1998-2001
4	0376-005	Barbara	1999-2001
4	0376-005	Misc.	2000-2001
4	0376-005	Crisler Correspondence – Disney Studio 5 folders	1949-1958
4	0376-005	Susan Oliver	undated
4	0376-005	Jack Rooney 2 folders	2000, undated
4	0376-005	Shirley Gardner	undated
4	0376-005	Miscellaneous	1999-2000
4	0376-005	Family	1997-2000
4	0376-005	undated	undated
4	0376-005	Stan Fouts	2000
4	0376-005	Horton	undated
5	0376-005	Dorothy Catlett 21 folders	1980-2001
5	0376-005	Chaco Canyon	undated
5	0376-005	Carpenter	1983-1988
5	0376-005	Greeting Cards	undated
5	0376-005	Dawn McLeran	2002
5	0376-005	Shackleton	undated
5	0376-005	Artwork	undated
5	0376-005	Russ Dalton	2001
5	0376-005	Barbara Kerr – Lois Crisler and the Arctic Wolves	2002
5	0376-005	Stan and Elaine	2002
5	0376-005	Betty and Lloyd Durham	2002
5	0376-005	Harbor Light Books	2003
5	0376-005	Clarke Stockwell	2000-2002
5	0376-005	Frank and Barbara Caldwell	1998-1999
5	0376-005	Ducceschi	2003
5	0376-005	Bob Baldwin	1988-1998
5	0376-005	Kathleen Forster	2001
5	0376-005	Karyl Winn	2002-2003
5	0376-005	Puyallup – Miscellaneous	1938-1998
5	0376-005	Dorothy Catlett	2001-2003
5	0376-005	Tanya Riordan	1991-1996
5	0376-005	Post	undated
5	0376-005	Binford & Mort Publishing	1981-1996
5	0376-005	Michael Pyle	1971-1999
5	0376-005	Bob and Susan Flood	2000
5	0376-005	Paul Martin	1992-1999
5	0376-005	OMW – Orders	1992-1993
5	0376-005	Humes Ranch Book – CP Publishing	1989
5	0376-005	Fan Mail	1990-1997
5	0376-005	Stan and Bonnie Kreshel	1981-1989
5	0376-005	Lady of Book Wealth	1990-1996
5	0376-005	Olympic Enchantment Book	1975-2002
5	0376-005	Glen Adams – YE Galleon Press	1997
5	0376-005	Don Viles and Ruby El Hult Scope and Content: Includes an audiocassette tape entitled "Don Viles – Kanawha."	1974-1996
5	0376-005	Alberta Miller	1985-1996
5	0376-005	Anne Dalton	1989-1996
		Series 3: Research Files	1910-2001
Box/Folder	Accession
6-12	0376-005	Research Files	1910-2001
		Series 4: Photographs	1942-1978
Box/Folder	Accession
13	0376-005	Photographs	1942-1978
		Series 5: Films	undated
Box	Accession
13	0376-005	8 mm films: Butterfly Time in Ventura (Original)	undated
13	0376-005	8 mm films: Butterflies Originals to Add	undated
13	0376-005	8 mm files: Unidentified Film	undated
Box/Folder
15	0376-005	16 mm Film	undated
		Series 6: Oversize Items	1939-1996
Box	Accession
14	0376-005	Oversize Scrapbooks: George Washington Bush and Other Negro Pioneers	1945-1968
14	0376-005	Oversize Scrapbooks: Writings and Letters	1944-1996
Box/Folder
14	0376-005	Oversize Publications	1939-1992
14	0376-005	Oversize Photographs	1943-1944
		Series 7: Maps	1956-1997
tube	Accession
15	0376-005	Olympic National Park and Forest	1984-1990
15	0376-005	"Olympic Mountain As Viewed from Kingston, WA"	1997
15	0376-005	"Olympics in Relief with Hiker's Trail Guide to the Interior of the Olympic Mountains" Map	1956

Accession No. 0376-006: Ruby El Hult papers, 1949-2008Return to Top

2.04 cubic feet (4 boxes) includes photographs and 1 floppy disk.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, research materials, writings/manuscript drafts, financial/legal records, and photographs related to Ruby El Hult's life and career as a writer. Also includes writings and information related to her first husband Sven John Sether.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Marsha McGough (Ruby's granddaughter) on August 25, 2016. Manuscript "Youthful Adventures of an Ancient Mariner: Sven John Sether" donated by Bob Kelly on August 12, 2019.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Series 1: Correspondence
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	0376-006	Dorothy Catlett	1991-2005
1/2	0376-006	Hazel Corbeill	1959-1986
1/3	0376-006	Barbara Davis	1986-1991
1/4	0376-006	Tim O'Brien	1984-1994
1/5	0376-006	Bill Speidel	1983-1984
1/6	0376-006	Washington State University Press	1991-1996
1/7	0376-006	Publishers	1962-1995
1/8	0376-006	Sven John Sether (First Husband)	1957-1959
1/9	0376-006	Sven John Sether (First Husband)	1957-1959
1/10	0376-006	Ray (Mac) McAndrew (Second Husband)	1963
1/11	0376-006	Miscellaneous	1959-2008
1/12	0376-006	After Ruby El Hult's Death	2008
		Series 2: Sven John Sether
Box/Folder	Accession
1/13	0376-006	Family Materials	1936-1958
1/14	0376-006	Ship Logs	1926-1940
1/15	0376-006	Ship Records, Correspondence, and Related Materials	1940-1952
1/16	0376-006	Ship Records, Correspondence, and Related Materials	1930s
1/17	0376-006	The Wreck of Kanawha	1977-1996
1/18	0376-006	Argentine Fish Company	1967
1/19	0376-006	Writings	undated
1/20	0376-006	Writings	undated
1/21	0376-006	Materials related to Sven John Sether's Death	1959-1960
1/22	0376-006	Condolences	1959
1/23	0376-006	Materials Collected by Ruby El Hult	1956-1988
1/24	0376-006	Puget Sound Historical Society Donations	1987-1988
		Series 3: Writings
Box/Folder	Accession
1/25-30	0376-006	"The Keeper of the Brothel"	1986-1996
2/1	0376-006	"A Tree Watcher in Santa Barbara"	1964
2/2	0376-006	"The Meadowlarks"	undated
2/3	0376-006	"Stranger in the Mountains"	undated
2/4	0376-006	"Sea Dream"	undated
2/5	0376-006	"Last Goodbye"	1937-1938
2/6	0376-006	"Super Stuff"	1953
2/7	0376-006	"The Lumberjack"	1936-1938
2/8	0376-006	"The Windows"	undated
2/9	0376-006	"The Saga of George W. Bush"	1962
2/10	0376-006	"The New Game"	1981
2/11	0376-006	"Bonnie was Eddie's Girl"	undated
2/12	0376-006	"Littlest House"	undated
2/13	0376-006	"In the Idaho Hills"	undated
2/14	0376-006	Miscellaneous Writings	1971-1991
2/15	0376-006	"Seattle's Seawall" Newsletter	1949
2/16	0376-006	Diary/Journal Entries	1978
2/17	0376-006	Publications featuring Ruby El Hult	1955-1990
4/1	0376-006	Publications featuring Ruby El Hult	1952
4/5	0376-006	"Youthful Adventures of an Ancient Mariner: Sven John Sether"	undated
		Series 4: Research Materials
Box/Folder	Accession
2/18	0376-006	Shackleton Expedition and Falkland Islands	1996-1997
2/19	0376-006	Oregon	2001
2/20	0376-006	Indian Wars	1959
3/1	0376-006	Trains/Kelly Wellington (contains photographs)	undated
3/2	0376-006	Crisler/Olympics	2004-2005
3/3	0376-006	Peter Korsborn	2005
4/2	0376-006	Asa Shinn Mercer and the "Continental" (1866)	undated
4/3	0376-006	Beriah Brown (1876)	undated
4/4	0376-006	Miscellaneous	undated
		Series 5: Legal/Financial Recoreds
Box/Folder	Accession
3/4	0376-006	Book Reviews	1967-2007
3/5	0376-006	Book Contracts/Royalties	1954-1987

Accession No. 0376-007: Ruby El Hult papers, 1921-2005Return to Top

4.35 cubic feet (4 boxes containing 68 audiocassette tapes, 3 VHS tapes, and 1 1/4" reel tape)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, writings, photos, McAndrew family correspondence and photos, cassettes, videotapes, ephemera.

This accession contains research, photographs and drafts related to several projects: "Adventures with Butterflies," "The Keeper of the Brothel," and spiders. Most of the cassettes contain recorded letters from Ruby El Hult to Eleanor Garst.

Arrangement: Arranged in 9 series.

Series 1, Correspondence
Series 2, Sven John Sether (Ruby's first husband)
Series 3, Raymond "Mac" McAndrew (Ruby's second husband)
Series 4, Spiders
Series 5, Butterflies
Series 6, Research
Series 7, Ruby El Hult writings and ephemera
Series 8, Other writers' works
Series 9, Multimedia

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access to paper-based materials. No user access copy is available for audiocassettes, VHS tapes, or 1/4" reel. Users may be able to obtain a reproduction of the media for a fee. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Restrictions on Use: Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Donated by James and Helen McGough, July 26, 2022.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Series 1: Correspondence
Box	Accession
1	0376-007	Hazel Corbeil	approximately 1984-1987
1	0376-007	Hazel Corbeil	1987
1	0376-007	Eleanor Garst	1980-1985
1	0376-007	Swiveleye	1965-1971
1	0376-007	Swiveleye	1972-1977
		Series 2: Sven John Sether (Ruby's first husband)
Box	Accession
1	0376-007	Correspondence, work records, clippings	1956
1	0376-007	Writings and notes about Sven John Sether General Notes: from binder titled "John: my narrative"	approximately 1951-1987
1	0376-007	"Seafaring! Seafaring! Seafaring!: the west coast life of Sven John Sether" Scope and Content: Drafts and notes	undated
1	0376-007	Correspondence	1953
1	0376-007	Correspondence-- Sven John Sether's letters to Ruby	1956
1	0376-007	Miscellaneous correspondence, financial, medical papers	1953-1955
1	0376-007	Ephemera Scope and Content: Work lists, letters, clippings, identification cards, certifications	approximately 1928-1959
		Series 3: Raymond "Mac" McAndrew (Ruby's second husband)
Box	Accession
1	0376-007	"Papers of Raymond L. McAndrew" Scope and Content: Clippings	1902-1978
1	0376-007	Correspondence--Jim McAndrew	1974
1	0376-007	Correspondence--McAndrew family	1961-1969
1	0376-007	Correspondence--McAndrew brothers	1961-1987
1	0376-007	Photographs--McAndrew family	approximately 1921-1970
1	0376-007	Correspondence--Condolences on McAndrew's death	1978
		Series 4: Spiders
Box	Accession
1	0376-007	Research	undated
1	0376-007	Notes, negatives, research	undated
1	0376-007	Miscellaneous correspondence	approximately 1981-1984
1	0376-007	"Puyallup Spider Summer" by Ruby El Hult	1982
1	0376-007	"The Spiders" manuscript	1983
1	0376-007	"Notes on Spiders"	1995-1996
1	0376-007	Notes, photos	undated
1	0376-007	"A Second Spider Summer" by Ruby El Hult	1991
2	0376-007	Spider photos	approximately 1982-1984
2	0376-007	Spider photos and negatives for book	approximately 1981-1984
		Series 5: Butterflies
Box	Accession
2	0376-007	"Adventures with Butterflies" Scope and Content: Photo album of Herb Crisler and Ruby El Hult's garden in Hotel Midwick, Ventura, California	undated
2	0376-007	"Raising Monarch Butterflies, Ventura, California" Scope and Content: Photo album	1977
2	0376-007	Blue photo album Scope and Content: Photo album of butterflies and caterpillars	undated
2	0376-007	Research, notes, photos, ephemera	approximately 1984-2002
2	0376-007	Photographs	undated, 1976
2	0376-007	Photographs	approximately 1977-1979
2	0376-007	Miscellaneous butterfly correspondence	approximately 1977-1980
2	0376-007	"I became a mourning cloak mother" by Ruby El Hult Scope and Content: Text and photos, unpublished	undated
2	0376-007	"Adventures with Butterflies" by Ruby El Hult Scope and Content: Text and photos, unpublished	approximately 1979
4	0376-007	Butterfly photographs and negatives	approximately 1976-1997
		Series 6: Research
Box	Accession
2	0376-007	Humes Ranch/Elwha River photos	undated
2	0376-007	Mercer Expeditions	1992
2	0376-007	Borst family	1992
2	0376-007	John W. Pinnell	approximately 1996
2	0376-007	King County Scope and Content: Research materials on the history of King County	approximately 1996
2	0376-007	Seattle Scope and Content: Research materials on the history of Seattle	approximately 2001
2	0376-007	Racing Scope and Content: Research materials on horse racing in the Pacific Northwest, John Pinnell, Collins race track	undated
3	0376-007	Racing Scope and Content: Research materials on horse racing in the Pacific Northwest	approximately 1992
3	0376-007	Racing Scope and Content: Research materials on horse racing in the Pacific Northwest, John Pinnell	approximately 1993-1995
3	0376-007	Luther Collins	approximately 1992
3	0376-007	John Thompson probate and the County Farm Scope and Content: Notes, research materials, chapters	approximately 1993
		Series 7: Ruby El Hult writings and ephemera
Box	Accession
3	0376-007	"Houseboat headaches; or--the coots can have it!"	undated
3	0376-007	"In the Idaho Hills--a collection of stories by Ruby El Hult"	undated
3	0376-007	"The Keeper of the Brothel" Chapters 1, 4, incomplete draft	undated
3	0376-007	"The Keeper of the Brothel" Chapters 5-11 draft	undated
3	0376-007	"The Keeper of the Brothel" Chapters 12-18 draft	undated
3	0376-007	"The Keeper of the Brothel" Chapters 19-29 draft	undated
3	0376-007	"The Keeper of the Brothel" Chapters 30-40 draft	undated
3	0376-007	Ephemera Scope and Content: Christmas cards, poems, photos, notes, marriage certificate and program, loose letters	approximately 1987-2006
3	0376-007	Miscellaneous negatives	approximately 1992-1995
3	0376-007	Washington State Journal of Nursing Scope and Content: Ruby El Hult, assistant editor for one issue	1951
3	0376-007	"Pack and Paddle" Scope and Content: periodical featuring Ruby El Hult poetry	1996
3	0376-007	"The Cockalorum Chronicles"	1979
3	0376-007	Christmas gifts Scope and Content: 2 folders of essays and pressed leaves, created as Christmas gifts	1985
		Series 8: Other writers' works
Box	Accession
3	0376-007	Biography Notes on Pioneers of Puget sound by Marjorie Rhodes Scope and Content: Pre-print copy with annotations by Ruby El Hult	1992
3	0376-007	Dead Man's Slide by Peter Korsborn Scope and Content: Screenplay based on Northwest Disaster: Avalanche and Fire	2005
3	0376-007	Hardships and Happy Times, edited by Bert Russell General Notes: Signed by author	1978
3	0376-007	Cool Breeze of Peace by Eleanor Averitt Scope and Content: Unpublished manuscript	1988
3	0376-007	Cool Breeze of Peace by Eleanor Averitt Scope and Content: 2nd draft, Chapters 1 and 2	undated
3	0376-007	Cool Breeze of Peace by Eleanor Averitt Scope and Content: Chapter 1 draft with notes	1988
3	0376-007	Eleanor Garst writings Scope and Content: Includes "The way to go?--suicide among the aging," "And now--third party babies," "The Long Farewell," "Eleventh Hour"
		Series 9: Multimedia
Box	Accession
3	0376-007	Wellington Program, Channel 11 News, Tacoma, Washington 1 VHS videocassette	1996
3	0376-007	"Marriott/Crisler 1973 Safari Slide Show" 1 VHS videocassette	1973? 1993?
3	0376-007	"To Ruby-- Love Tanya" 1 VHS videocassette	1992
5	0376-007	"Ruby El Hult and Eleanor Garst discussing politics on the times of the Nixon impeachment" 1 audiocassette	1973
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst 1 audiocassette	October 1982
5	0376-007	Side 1:"Essay 'The heart of Thoreau's journals'"; Side 2: "Ruby to LP about spring in Puyallup" 1 audiocassette	May 1982
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	April 1984
5	0376-007	Side 1: "Hult to Vibes, Don to Ruby"; Side 2: "Ruby El Hult, Don to Ruby" 1 audiocassette	September 1992-May 1993
5	0376-007	"The Giggle Girls--Jessica, Jayda, Jennifer and Vanessa" 1 audiocassette	May 1988
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Herb Crisler" 1 audiocassette	February 1973
5	0376-007	"Ray Marshall, Goodbye and Poems, Cris, Doug and Dave" 1 audiocassette	December 1973-January 1974
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	February 1983
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	October 1982
5	0376-007	"Ruby to El" 1 audiocassette	December 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	December 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	January 1985
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	September 1982
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to E. Garst" 1 audiocassette	October 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby to El" 1 audiocassette	June 1982
5	0376-007	"Skeptic to Eleanor Garst from Ruby McAndrew" 1 audiocassette	October 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst Thanksgiving" 1 audiocassette	November 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby to El" 1 audiocassette	January-February 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	June-July 1982
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	September 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	December 1984
5	0376-007	"Eleanor Garst from Ruby McAndrew" 1 audiocassette	February 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	June 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	November 1982
5	0376-007	"Ruby to El" 1 audiocassette	July 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby to El" 1 audiocassette	July 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	November 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby to El" 1 audiocassette	May 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby to Eleanor" 1 audiocassette	March 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst; includes Barbara Kolb Chromatic Fantasy" 1 audiocassette	April 1984
5	0376-007	"To Ruby from Eleanor" 1 audiocassette	November 1973
5	0376-007	"Ruby to Eleanor" 1 audiocassette	1984
5	0376-007	"Gottschalk: King-TV--in honor of birthday" 1 audiocassette	April 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to E. Garst" 1 audiocassette	May 1974
5	0376-007	"Ruby and El" 1 audiocassette	April 1982
5	0376-007	"to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	May 1984
5	0376-007	"Eleanor's Novel Ch 1 and 2" 1 audiocassette	August 1985
5	0376-007	"Dan to Ruby" 1 audiocassette	April 1992
5	0376-007	"Cris songs 1st Part" 1 audiocassette	undated
5	0376-007	"Herb Crisler's commentary; Songs for Doris George" 1 audiocassette	1962
5	0376-007	"Ruby El to Cris--Short" 1 audiocassette	November 1973
5	0376-007	"Herb Crisler's folk songs" 1 audiocassette	September 1972
5	0376-007	"Chris and driving" 1 audiocassette	October 1973
5	0376-007	"Charter and Perham" 1 audiocassette	January 1997
5	0376-007	"A Year on the Mountain; Geoffrey Poster" 1 audiocassette	1980
5	0376-007	"Ruby El to Eleanor" 1 audiocassette	March 1982
5	0376-007	"To: Frank Caldwell, From: Ruby El, Answers to Questions" 1 audiocassette	January 1992
5	0376-007	"Ruby to Lizpet" 1 audiocassette	March 1982
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	February 1983
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	August 1982
5	0376-007	"Don to Ruby New Year Present" 1 audiocassette	January 1992
5	0376-007	"Herb Crisler original folk songs" 1/4" reel tape General Notes: Also printed on box: "Crag Cabin in Colorado (Lake George), Courtesy of Doris George"	approximately 1962
3	0376-007	"Eleanor Garst from Ruby McAndrew" 1 audiocassette	May 1983
3	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	January 1985
3	0376-007	"Ruby El to Eleanor" 1 audiocassette	March 1982
3	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to E. Garst" 1 audiocassette	March 1984
3	0376-007	"Eleanor Garst from Ruby McAndrew" 1 audiocassette	November 1984
3	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	September 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	April 1983
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	March 1983
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	June 1984
5	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to E. Garst" 1 audiocassette	June 1983
3	0376-007	"Ruby to Eleanor" 2 audiocassettes	May 1982
3	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	August 1984
3	0376-007	"To Eleanor Garst from Ruby McAndrew" 1 audiocassette	July-August 1982
3	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to Eleanor Garst" 1 audiocassette	September 1982
3	0376-007	"Ruby McAndrew to E. Garst" 1 audiocassette	November-December 1982

Accession No. 3092-001: Ruby El Hult papers, 1966-1977Return to Top

0.03 cubic ft. (1 folder)

Biographical/Historical Note: Ruby El Hult's married name was Mrs. Andrews.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, clippings; 1966-1977.

This accession consists primarily of Ruby El Hult's correspondence with R. D. Monroe (Head, Special Collections Division, until November 1980). It mainly concerns her gifts to the UW Library. The bulk of Hult's writings were given to Washington State University before 1972.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from Robert Monroe, July 15, 1980.

Accession No. 3092-002: Ruby El Hult papers, 1976Return to Top

0.03 cubic ft. (1 folder)

Scope and Content: Writing by Ruby El Hult - Herb Crisler, Mountain Man, Builder, Wildlife Photographer: His Years in the Olympic Mountain Wilds, 1918-1951; ca. 1976.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from Hazel Chapman, March 30, 1982.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Hiking--Washington (State)--Olympic Mountains
Hiking--Washington (State)--Olympic Mountains--Maps
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Women authors

Personal Names

Adams, Grizzly, 1812-1860
Crisler, Herb
Crisler, Herb--Photographs
Crisler, Lois--Photographs
Hult, Ruby El, 1912-2008--Archives
Hult, Ruby El, 1912-2008--Correspondence
Hult, Ruby El, 1912-2008--Diaries
Monroe, Robert D.--Correspondence
Welch, George, 1879-
Wood, Robert L.--Correspondence

Geographical Names

Olympic Mountains (Wash.)

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Crisler, Lois (creator)
- Dalton, Russ (creator)

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Ruby El Hult papers, 1860-2008

Overview of the Collection

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 0376-001: Ruby El Hult papers, 1950Return to Top

Accession No. 0376-002: Ruby El Hult papers, 1860-2001Return to Top

Accession No. 0376-003: Ruby El Hult papers, 1893-2001Return to Top

Accession No. 0376-004: Gift from Wilderness; a memoir by Lois Crisler, Ruby El Hult papers, 1999Return to Top

Accession No. 0376-005: Ruby El Hult papers, 1910-2003Return to Top

Accession No. 0376-006: Ruby El Hult papers, 1949-2008Return to Top

Accession No. 0376-007: Ruby El Hult papers, 1921-2005Return to Top

Accession No. 3092-001: Ruby El Hult papers, 1966-1977Return to Top

Accession No. 3092-002: Ruby El Hult papers, 1976Return to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Names

Geographical Names

Other Creators

Personal Names

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